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WSL is powerful, but these 3 reasons are why it won't beat a real Linux desktop

WSL uses Windows' native hypervisor (Hyper-V) to create lightweight virtual environments. The Linux distro that you install ...
Bleeping Computer

June Windows Server 2022 update adds support for WSL2

Microsoft says support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) distros can now be added to any machine running Windows Server 2022 by installing this month's Patch Tuesday updates. The announcement ...
Redmond Magazine

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Available for Windows Server 2022

Microsoft declared this week that Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2) is now available for installation on Windows Server 2022. WSL is a component that supports running Linux dev tools (but ...
ZDNet

Microsoft makes Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 a separate app in the Microsoft Store

Microsoft is making available today, October 11, a preview version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows 11 in the Microsoft Store. This isn't a new version of WSL; Microsoft is just ...
Hosted on MSN

Arch Linux Is Now in the Windows Subsystem for Linux

The Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL for short, makes it easy to use Linux software inside a Windows PC. You can now officially use Arch Linux in WSL, alongside existing distribution options like ...
Ars Technica

Windows Subsystem for Linux with GUI apps launches for Windows 10

When the announcement first came out, I immediately tried to install it on my Windows 10 system. The same system that had been running the "feature" version. The same system were I installed WSL using ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Subsystem for Linux generally available via Microsoft Store

Microsoft announced today that the Store version of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is generally available for Windows 10 and 11 customers. With the switch to WSL in the Store, Redmond also moves ...